Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

प्रतिपच्च द्वितीया च तृतीया च महेश्वरि । चतुर्थी पञ्चमी चैव अव्यया षोडशी कला

Transliteration

pratipacca dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā ca maheśvari | caturthī pañcamī caiva avyayā ṣoḍaśī kalā

Translation

Hỡi Maheśvarī, Pratipat, Dvitīyā và Tṛtīyā; cũng như Caturthī và Pañcamī—những tithi này được nói là liên hệ với kalā thứ mười sáu bất hoại, tức Ṣoḍaśī-kalā.

Word by Word

• pratipat: the first lunar day (Pratipad)
• pratipat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratipat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• dvitīyā: the second (lunar day)
• dvitīyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tṛtīyā: the third (lunar day)
• tṛtīyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• maheśvari: O Maheśvarī
• maheśvari: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• caturthī: the fourth (lunar day)
• caturthī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pañcamī: the fifth (lunar day)
• pañcamī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañcamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• avyayā: unchanging, imperishable
• avyayā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avyayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (kalā)

• ṣoḍaśī: sixteenth
• ṣoḍaśī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣoḍaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (kalā)

• kalā: digit/phase (of the moon)
• kalā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (explicit vocative maheśvari indicates address to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśvarī addressed in this verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendrical-lunar tableau: the first five tithis named in sequence, culminating in the notion of an imperishable sixteenth kalā hovering as a subtle, constant lunar essence.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvarī (Devī)
• Pratipat
• Dvitīyā
• Tṛtīyā
• Caturthī
• Pañcamī
• Ṣoḍaśī-kalā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (tithi) is sacred and structured; lunar phases are treated as meaningful supports for dharmic observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is singled out; the teaching is calendrical within the Revā-khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It frames specific tithis in relation to lunar kalās, implying their relevance for vrata/observance, though no single rite is commanded here.